We are kicking off 2012 with a headlining spot on a killer bill at Bottom of the Hill with Lite Brite and Leather Feather, who are both good rocking bands… it will be a fog soaked kick in the face to be sure.  See the Details on Facebook.

In support of the show, just last night, we did an interview for the “Baghdad by the Bay” show on Radio Valencia – check out the Archive and listen! We actually managed not to sound as much like drunken morons as we are certainly capable of.

The image above is not sanctioned by the band… as you can see, it was taken with a night vision camera, and that’s because this was a secret rehearsal in our Fortress of Rock.  The person who took this photo is not on only dead, but pretty much erased from history… good luck even finding anything on his grandparents. At any rate, that’s not important… what IS important is that Hot Fog is ready to unleash some serious shit on you:

Big, Big Show Jan. 14th, 2012 @ Bottom of the Hill

We’ve been talking about this show for a while now, and I’m still talking, aren’t I? Well, that’s because it hasn’t happened yet. We will be headlining the legendary Bottom of the Hill on Saturday, January 14th with Leather Feather and Lite Bright - – 2 killer bands that will make you almost as happy as our sweet, sweet metal.  I don’t care how you get this on your calendar of who’s getting married or whatever – you will be there.  There is talk of an after-party …

T-Shirts, Posters
At the show on the 14th, we will finally have T-shirts! They will proudly display the iconic “wyvern skull” logo designed by deviously talented Alan Forbes (see below). In addition, we will have amazing posters for the Jan 14th Show designed by Alan as well, which will tease some of he amazing shit to come for the artwork of our next album.

Speaking of our Next Album…
As evidenced by the night-vision photo, we are working hard on our next album… looking at a spring 2012 release, and tentatively, it will be called “Secret Phantasies of the Dragon Sun”.  To get a taste of the title track, watch this video that one of our fans took at the El rio.

Buy our Old Shit

In case you forgot, we still have vinyl for sale of our genre-change debut EP: “Wyvern and Children First”. You can buy it from us directly at our Bandcamp site, or, for a limited time, get it from All That is Heavy, a kick-ass online record store “dedicated to stoner rock, doom, psychedelic, sludge and desert rock”. We are working on a new full length album that we will record on top of Mount Everest with Rick Reuben.  It will be out in 2012 after the word has ended. That is all.

Above All Else
Tommi Kazi

Look! Out There!

Dear Hot Fog Fans,

Cancled Tour?

We aren’t used to failure or even anything closely resembling not being awesome and ruling, but recently, we encountered a minor set-back when we had to cancel a short tour with our bros, Glitter Wizard. The reasons aren’t important, but let’s just say that there is a reason why human beings evolved from monkeys and got out of the goddamned trees. We apologize to our many fans in the greater Los Angeles and San Diego areas, and mark our words – we WILL return and kick ass.

Big Show This Saturday, 10/8!

For those of you lucky enough to be in San Francisco this saturday, well, you are in for a treat… not like a rice crispy treat or fucking kettle corn or something – i mean like a huge METAL IN YOUR FACE treat.  Hot Fog and Glitter Wizard WILL grace the stage of Benders Bar and Grill and rocktober the shit out of Van Ness and the surrounding area. For details, please see our Facebook Invite or the calendar page of Hot Fog’s Hot Blog. We will go on at around 11, and we are going to bring it like that dude on that show who totally brought it.

News and Stuff

In case you forgot, we still have vinyl for sale of our genre-change debut EP: “Wyvern and Children First”. You can buy it from us directly at our Bandcamp site, or, for a limited time, get it from All That is Heavy, a kick-ass online record store “dedicated to stoner rock, doom, psychedelic, sludge and desert rock”. We are working on a new full length album that we will record on top of Mount Everest with Rick Rubin.  It will be out in 2012 after the word has ended. That is all.

Tommi Kazi

Links and Shit:
Hot Fog’s Hot Face(book) - ‘like’ us, okay!
Hot Fog’s Hot Blog - We’ll Blog in your FACE!
Hot Fog’s Hot Tube (YouTube, get it?)

Hey All – Excited to announce that we are hitting the road once again and headed southwards in order to show those warm weather pansies what Fog is all about. The last show is TBA at this point, but it will rule – you know this to be true.  Tell your southland peeps they cannot miss this rare opportunity to witness the fog rolling in. Just to give you some flavor, the first show is at a bar where Charles Bukowski used to hang out and the opening band is jam rock. How fucking awesome is that?  Muchos Gracias to our bros in Glitter Wizard who are we are rolling with and who set the whole thing up. More to come on this…

Sept 29 – Harold’s Place, San Pedro
1908 South Pacific Ave

Sept 30 – Tin Can Alehouse, San Diego
1863 Fifth Ave

Oct 1 – The Shakedown Bar, San Diego
3048 Midway Dr

Oct 2 – LA TBA
w/ Strangers Family Band

‘Sup, people? So, we are pretty fucking huge now, because we got reviewed in a heavy metal magazine.  Actually, to be totally honest, we didn’t even know there were any heavy metal magazines left, as the last issue we read was the Kerrang with Blackie Lawless on the cover, but hey – we’ll take it.  The review is in the August issue of Decibel Magazine in a section of reviews for crappy demos and shit they don’t consider to be real records. Called “Throw Me A Frickin’ Bone!” – yeah… i don’t get it, either.

Here’s the review:

Wow, NWOBHM from SF! It’s weird to hear time-machine music executed with this degree of authenticity. The riffs are rough and ready; the vocals are rough and sometimes unready. But mostly it’s hot rockin’ times from dudes who appreciate the art of the harmony lead.

so… other than getting the title of the album wrong (the joke doesn’t work without the “First” part…) and then sort of back-hand dissing my awesomely raw and emotional vocal performances, we’ll claim victory. The dude who wrote it was also cool enough to post all the bands on his blog, Invisible Oranges, so check that out.